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[-] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Man I wish I had people who listened to me. Google ads: I listen. I said people not corporations

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Mitt Romney: "Corporations are people, my friend."

Yea... I'll believe it when one gives birth.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I'll believe it when the state of Texas executes one for murder.

[-] unreachable@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

corporation: "hold my beer"

give birth of sub company

[-] Blyfh@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

So roughly a half of humanity aren't people? /lh

[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

SCOTUS has opinions about that…

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Chinese embrace has entered the chat

[-] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 25 points 11 months ago

The last speech bubble should have been on the third panel

[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

You mean it’s my adblocker and vpn and other privacy measures that make me lonely?!

[-] OR3X@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

Walmart REALLY listens. I bought a few groceries IN STORE and about two weeks later I got an email with a list of items I purchased and links to review them. Now, I know what you're thinking, but I'm not enrolled in their loyalty program, and I don't have their app installed on my phone. The only way I can figure they linked my purchase to my email address is because I have previously logged into their website on my phone (via the browser) and of course my phone was with me during my shopping trip. That's some creepy shit.

[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Did you use the same credit card on their website as you did in store?

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, that would be much more plausible. As dystopian as Walmart is, I don't think they have phone sensors that can determine your device by just being in the store...

[-] llama@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

This is definitely how they do it, as someone who has a Walmart account and usually buys through the app. If I buy something in store with one of my linked cards, it stores the receipt in my account (and then asks me to review it)

[-] elfin8er@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Pretty sure they could get your MAC address pretty easily if you have Wifi turned on.

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

ads for alzheimers drugs start appearing everywhere

Shit.

[-] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

My sprunjer is tingling!

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Ooooooooo this is a nice one this is

[-] bappity@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

but they watch you in your sleep D:

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

laughs in uBlock Origin like hell you do

[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

*ahem

laughs in uBlock Origin + pihole (w/ a 700k+ single adlist) + nextdns on a container and redirecting all my inputs to my rpi 4 instead of my pc, while (also) under ufw

[-] bquintb@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago
[-] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[-] skulblaka@kbin.social -4 points 11 months ago

Considering I've never once been served an ad from either of them that I actually felt any reason whatsoever to click on.... No, I don't really think they are.

Either that or I'm the most unmarketable human being on the planet, which is plausible, but doubtful.

this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2023
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